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UMBRELLA RUNNER RETAINER.

No. 880,935. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

' Inventor: John Ross lUniiTED STATES tribe.

TENT TO CHARLES F. DOLLNER, OF SAME PLACE.

UMBRELLA-=RUNNER RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION fo'rming part of Letters Patent No. 380,935, dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed November 7. 1887. Serial No. 254,527. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RosE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Umbrella-Runner Retainers, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a retainer for the runners of umbrellas or parasols that the same will be of an inex- IO pensive character, and will not necessitate any expensive preparation of the stick for its reception. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a longitudinal section of part of an umbrella-stick with my improved runner retainer applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 1 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the retainer de tached from the stick; and Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the retainer applied to a bamboo or other hollow stick.

A is the stick of the umbrella or parasol, in one side of which is formed a saw-kerf, w, for

the reception of the retainer, the latter consisting of a skeleton frame comprising a back bar, a, and a front bar, severed so as to form two projecting tongues, 12 and d, the whole being made in one piece. The back bar, a, of

0 the retainer is in the formof a segment of a circle and fits snugly to the base of the sawkerf 0c in the stick, a lug, f, projecting outward from said back bar and receiving the transverse. pin or rivet 9, whereby the re- 5 tainer is held in place in the stick. The tongues b and d of the front bar of the retainer are flush with the face of the stick; but said tongue I) has an enlargement, i, which serves as the stop for the retainer, the tongue Z) being elastic and the enlargement i being beveled on one face, so that as the runner is moved past the same the tongue will be forced into' Myimproved retainer is extremely simple in construction, and can at 'one stroke be punched out of a plate of sheet metal, whll e 53 the application of the retainer to the stick is an inexpensive operation, since the plain sawkerf is the only recessing of the stick which is necessary, and the transverse drilling of the stick and the driving in of the pin serve to secure the retainer in place.

My improved retainer can be applied to bamboo or other hollow sticks, as well as to solid sticks, as will be evident on reference to Fig. 4.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the stick of an umbrella with a runner-retainer having afront bar forming a spring-tongue and a back bar integral with said front bar and secured to the stick midway, or thereabout, of its length, but otherwise free from connection with said stick, whereby the resiliency of the spring-tongue 1s supplemented by that of a portion of the back bar, all substantially as specified.

2. An umbrella-runner retainer having a front bar forming a spring-tongue, with enlargement projecting beyond the face of the same, and a segmental back bar integral with the front bar, and having a fastening-lug midway, or thereabout, of its length, that portion of the back bar between the fastening-lug and the end of the spring-tongue being resilient, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the stick, having therein a saw-kerf with true segmental base,

with a retainer having a front bar forming an elastic tongue, with inclined enlargement projecting beyond the face of the stick, and a re silient segmental back bar integral with said front bar, and having a fastening-lug midway, or thereabout, of its length, but otherwise free from connection with the stick, all substau tially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 9 5 to this specification in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

JOHN ROSE.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. LEwIs, HARRY SMITH. 

